RB Lamar Miller feels good about himself and the Texans offense

RB Lamar Miller feels good about himself and the Texans offense

When Lamar Miller joined the Houston Texans in 2016, he knew his role would only expand in the offense. No one could have prepared for the role he was destined to be placed under two years later.

Now, with a fully healthy unit, Miller can finally breathe and feel confident of the direction of his offense.

“Right now, everything’s going good,” Miller said. “I’m feeling good. Offensive line has been doing a great job. Us as an offense, we’re just trying to build that chemistry and just improve every day.”

Miller’s career with the Texans has been criticized multiple times since signing a four-year, $26 million deal two off-seasons ago. With poor quarterback play in 2016 from Brock Osweiler and a carousel of injuries to Deshaun Watson and former Texans quarterback Tom Savage, Miller became not just the workhorse for Houston’s offense, but also the scapegoat to their woes.

After averaging a career low of 3.7 yards a carry in 2017 and weighing a career high of 220 pounds, the former Miami Hurricane runner decided to spend the offseason fixing his diet and living a much healthier lifestyle.

“I cut back on eating red meat,” said Miller. “I started focusing more on just eating fish and chicken and eating more vegetables, just trying to get right. I know my last two years at the Dolphins, I was around like 218, 217. So, I figured if I get back to my weight, I would feel much better.”

So far, his weight loss and nutritional off-season have shown to be promising up at training camp in W. Va. Miller has received high praise from the coaching staff and teammates on his reignited explosiveness and improvement in the passing game.

“He has really improved in the passing game and his route running in this training camp,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said. “Really like the way he’s come into camp here. He’s playing really well for us.”

Now with a healthy offensive staff, Miller can hope to see an improvement not just in himself, but also the unit as a whole. As the veteran leader heading into the Texans first preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Miller knows there is still much to improve on, but plenty to be excited for, especially with Watson under center.

“Everybody has high expectations of him,” Miller said. “Right now, he’s been doing a great job of making sure everybody is doing their assignment. He’s just out there having fun, making the guys compete and just get better.”

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